the gorgeous ribbon on the top of my box is of course from Sarah's shop and is 38mm Parrot green wrinkle silk, it's totally gorgeous too,

the front of my box has a stamped image of Tilda done in copics, she has been cut out and fixed onto the box with pin flair glue, the lamp post is by Tim Holtz and I have edged the edges with vintage photo distress ink and made some lines on the bottom half with my score-pal it's got lots of glamour dust on it too,

This side has Tilda with snow heart on again coloured with copics and it has liquid applique for the heart,

this side has Sweet Christmas Tilda and I have masked her onto the soccer bench, again coloured with copics, cut out then fixed on with pin flair glue,

You had probably already guessed but yes it's a exploding box and this is what is inside lol,
I have made my 3D tree again, tutorial on my sidebar if your interested, and the little parcels are made with bubble wrap covered with designer paper to match the box and tied with some of Sarah's gorgeous cherry red Bakers twine, loved this too,

Unwrapped Tilda is again coloured with copics, cut out and fixed using a L shaped tab made of acetate,
the tree has red pearls added and a pearl string has been draped around it for more decoration,

I didn't want my sides to fall completely so I have used some string to allow them to only fall so far,

exploding box Tutorial (my style lol)

Box
Cut four strips 21cm x 10cm
score in 10cm from one end on the 21cm length

Lid cut out a 16.5cm square out of the main card stock score in 3cm on all four sides, optional at this stage you can distress all the edges including your scored edges with distress inks,

Take two of the strips and glue together the 10cm square, matching up as good as you can, do the same with the other two strips, leave to dry,

Here they are joined and are lined up for the next stage,

Join these two strips together to form a box shape, again matching up the edges as good as you can, leave to dry,

The lid
Take your scored card stock and trim as shown

I have shown two already cut and two marked where to cut on the other sides to match,

at this stage you can decorate the box lid (right side) with your contrast card stock and or papers,

but not on the tabs

Fold scored edges in and stick the tabs to the inside of the lid as shown,

well I hope you have enjoyed my project and tutorail, any questions just ask,

you can of course make your exploding box out of one piece of card but I wanted a larger box to be able to put the larger items inside, you can of course change the sizes of your box to your own needs,

33 comments:

Oh WOW - this is just gorgeous. I was dizzy trying to take in all the wonderful details! Another tutorial that I want to do NOW, but have to get ready to go out:( Well done on your guest DT spot too.HugsVicki x

Liz thank you so much for joining us this month at the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop challenge, your exploding box is just stunning! I just adore those sweet little presents under the Christmas tree.Hugs Sarah x

Wowzers, Liz - every time you make something it's even better than the last. Such workmanship - it's beautiful. Love the papers, the Tildas, that ribbon is divine (and I am kinda obsessed with jingle bells atm!). Fab work, hun.

Wow!! Liz, what a delightful Christmas creation. Wonderful tutorial too. Thank you for joining us in our 1st challenge over at Joanna Sheen this month. Good luck in the draw. HugsSuzi DT/Joanna Sheen xxx